Il Capo Dei Capi

by marimur

Magnus Bane has left Washington DC and his past behind to start working for the NYC mafia. The most powerful clan is ruled by a man with no scruples and is not as it might seem from the outside. Will Magnus survive, resist, and most importantly find love in the concrete jungle? And on which side is Alec Lightwood?Btw: I not own a thing...sadly

2. Chapter 2

Magnus Pov

We stepped out of the car and walked towards two huge silver elevator doors that distorted my reflection and made me look fat. I didn't like the elevator, and neither did my ego. Alec pressed the button with an arrow pointing at the ceiling that turned a rich blue as did a small light over the two metallic doors. Sebastian took Alec's hand and started to play with his fingers. I saw that Sebastian was wearing a thick golden ring. Automatically I looked to see if I saw it on Alec's finger as well, but to my relief I didn't find a matching one there. I let out a breath and rubbed my sweaty hands on my black jeans. Alec looked at me and smiled. This is bad. I gulped unable to say anything as I looked into his turquoise eyes and jumped a little when a melodic 'cling' let us know that the elevator was here. The door opened sliding to the sides and I stepped in the biggest lift I have ever seen. And I have been to IKEA before, let me tell you. The walls were a calm dark green and there were two baroque looking chairs, all in silver and a little tea table also in a dark grey. One wall was completely covered by a huge mirror that had little LED lights on the top and bottom making me look famous and pretty attractive. My skin seemed darker in comparison to Alec's and Sebastian's and my eyes looked glorious with the coal black eyeliner. Man, I did look good.

"I see you like the elevator?" said Alec and chuckled lightly. His hand still being held by Sebastian's bigger one. I turned to them again and grinned.

"In my life, I have never seen an elevator like that"

At my words Sebastian smiled and Alec laughed. His nose got all wrinkled up and it looked so fucking cute that I understood now why I kissed him. I'd do it all over again if there wouldn't be the problem.

"I won't get too used to it, though" I reassured them and myself.

"You can stay as long as you wish" said Sebastian and I nodded gratefully.

The seconds felt like minutes in the silence that crowded the 'little' room. Alec was looking at the ground and Sebastian and me were looking at Alec. Awkward.

After a few more seconds of silence Alec said: "What do you want for dinner?"

He was looking up at Sebastian. The blond haired man looked at me inquiringly with raised eyebrows. Under the light of the LED his eyes looked even darker than usual.

"Mr. Bane?"

"Please call me Magnus" I said, tired of hearing everybody call me that. It was usual to be called by something other than your 'normal' name when working for a clan that powerful. Raphael Condori was not called for nothing The Doctor I guessed.

"Your name is Magnus?" asked Alec, a bit of his earlier smile still lingering in the corners and in his eyes making them sparkle and look like stars in the night. Wow, that was cheesy.

"Guilty" I answered and Alec's smile widened. Our eyes stayed looked a heartbeat too long.

"Well, Magnus, what would you like?" said Sebastian who had let go of Alec's hand and had stepped closer to the mirror to tuck at his sleeves and smooth out any wrinkles.

"I am not choosy. You pick whatever you like and I'm fine with it." I said, thinking that 'your boyfriend' wouldn't be appropriate. At that Sebastian turned around and grinned but there was no joy in his face.

"C'mon Magnus, a man has to have an opinion. Would you say 'I'm not choosy' if I were to ask you which man to kill?"

My breath got caught in my lungs, trapped by a big and hairy spider that wanted nothing more than to devour me. I swallowed hard and blinked a few times. I was shocked.

"I think in this extreme and rare situation I would indeed have an opinion with reasonable arguments. But seeing that I am only a polite guest at your house, I'd like to stay impartial."

Sebastian's grin got only bigger and he started laughing like a crazy person. I looked at Alec who had fallen totally silent and was looking, again, at the ground like this wasn't any of his business. At this moment the elevator door opened and Sebastian stopped laughing as abruptly as he had started. He was the first to step out, followed by Alec and me.

All the thoughts about Sebastian, the mafia, my mother, the incident…all of them were erased from my mind as I looked upon the truly breathtaking scenery before my eyes.

I saw NYC at night, the whole city at my feet. The sky was pitch- black and the impressive skyscrapers were only distinguishable by the light that poured out of the various little windows that looked like diamonds. I saw cars, street lights, an airplane and far , far away at the horizon a little dark blue, telling the city that morning was soon to come. I took my eyes away from the amazing view and looked around the luxurious pent house. Everything was kept in white and silver, a few blue touches here and there. The furniture looked more expensive than all of my belongings together and the room stretched out before me like a never ending dessert. I was standing in the living room, there was a huge L formed white leather couch and two little silver tables at the side. A flat screen TV, which looked bigger than my flat and loads of pricy photographs decorated the white and silver walls. On many of them as I noticed, was Alec. Sometimes with Sebastian, but most of the time he posed before the camera alone. He looked gorgeous. The ones in black and white were not as beautiful though, no blue eyes. The floor was covered by a fluffy white carpet. How somehow wanted a white floor of all things was a riddle to me. I turned around and heard Alec and Sebastian in the kitchen. I stepped in the room and saw pretty much the same thing as before: white, silver, a bit of green in this room, luxury. I hoped that the whole flat would look like that. Sebastian was seated on one of the transparent chairs that were placed around the long white wooden table which could fit approximately 12 people. Alec was standing in front of the tall double doors of the fridge looking inside of it like it was holding the answers to all his prayers. If it did, than I should definitely take a look in the fridge as well.

"Do you like the flat?" asked Sebastian and I turned around to give him a perfect smile.

"You call that a flat? Just a flat?" I asked incredulously.

"What would you call it?" he inquired and I raised my eyebrows. These people have more money than Clinton.

"A mansion or Wonderland"

Sebastian chuckled and tapped with his hand on the chair beside him.

"Sit down Magnus; I'm sure you're tired"

I was, but on the other hand I felt bad for letting Alec do all the work. Sebastian must have seen my internal battle, because he rolled his eyes and said: "You are a guest. We won't make you do any work, don't feel bad about it."

With a sigh and still not convinced I took a seat beside the Boss. Meanwhile Alec was still rummaging through the cupboards to find something to eat. He bent down and my mouth was already watering. Gosh I was hungry. He stood up again and said: "I can make a salad and a steak it you want" he offered looking at Sebastian and me. I just nodded but Sebastian said in a bored voice:" Don't we have anything else? I'm sick of eating your boring food"

First I wondered why someone so rich and powerful should have to dirty their own hands to prepare something so mundane such as food. Second I wondered if Sebastian was always so moody and last but not in the least bit least, I wondered how it would feel to touch Alec's ass. Oh, God.

"But you haven't eaten steak in a week, Seb" Alec said innocently. In his hand he was holding a cucumber which made loads of images flow through my head. Sebastian just looked up and said in a dead serious voice: "I said I don't want to eat steak."

Alec nodded silently and said: "Well, what else can I do? You fired our cook and I didn't have time to go buy groceries so now all we have is pasta, rice and steak."

Sebastian's monotone voice rang in my ear as he spoke up again, this time a bit louder.

"Make rice then" he said and Alec nodded, "and make sure to buy those groceries tomorrow, understood?"

I could have cut the tension with a knife. I didn't know if that was their usual dinner, but hell, it wasn't fun.

"And get me something to drink while you're at it" ordered Sebastian and looked at me "do you want a beer?"

My throat dry, my lips split, my voice gone, I agreed with a short nod. Alec mumbled a tiny 'yes' and bent down again to get the beers. He put them on the table and started preparing the rice and a bowl full of salad.

"So, what is wrong with a steak?" I asked and Seb snorted.

"Ask Alec, he is the vegetarian"

I saw Alec's shoulder tense as he turned around toward us to heat up the water. The kitchen had an isle in the middle that separated the kitchen wall and the table where we were sitting at.

"You are?" I asked the blue eyed boy which just gave me a quick nod, not once raising his eyes to meet mine. "Why?"

At that the Boss started to laugh again and I swear to God that this guy is a bit bipolar. First the stunt in the elevator, now the whole 'I'm a diva and I don't eat steaks like humans do'. What was up with that?

"Yeah Alec…why?" he said and it sounded like a mockery in my ears and I had lots of experience with those. The boy shrugged but kept his eyes on the bowl in front of him that was slowly filling. Suddenly Sebastian got up in a swift movement and strode to Alec, who actually seemed scared. Sebastian took his slender wrists in his hands and shouted: "Look at me when I'm talking to you!"

I felt the muscles in my body tense, my nerves screaming, my brain working at a high speed. I got goosebumps all over my skin and all I saw was Alec's frightened face. But all I felt inside of me never showed on the outside. I was still sitting, I was still breathing and I was still watching the scene as if I wasn't even part of it. I was just the actor that needed to fill in for a sick friend at the stage and had no idea how to read a Russian script. Man, I felt weird.

Alec's eyes had widened as Sebastian took his wrists brutally, but now they were pressed closed as though he was afraid to open them and see that it wasn't a nightmare after all. Sebastian was looking down at Alec with a mixture of boredom and disgust which made my mind scream in agony.

And as suddenly as Sebastian had walked up to Alec, as suddenly he let him go only
to take him in his arms and nearly squeezing him to death. Alec remained motionless and silent like a beautiful statue carved out of ice. I saw Alec's hair move when Sebastian sighed, his nose pressed into his raven locks.

"I'm sorry, darling. It has been a long day, sorry, so sorry…"

The mumbled words that left Sebastian's mouth didn't make sense to me. The only thing that seemed reasonable right now was to kill and torture Sebastian right on the spot. Too bad that couldn't be done.

I remained as silent as Alec, still sitting, still breathing…

The alarm clock rung and they disentangled. Alec's face had no tears, no blush, no…nothing.

"Don't worry Seb, it's all right" his voice sounding even weak and scared to me. Sebastian nodded, giving him a peck on the lips and sitting down next to me again. He rubbed his eyes with his hands and when he looked at me again he said: "Sorry Magnus, I just had a couple of stressful days"

I didn't say anything. I didn't even know if I was supposed to say anything so I just sat there and watched Alec cook like a marionette.

"What time is it?" asked Alec in a dead voice and Sebastian looked at his golden Rolex and answered:" It's a quarter to too three"

Alec nodded and after a few minutes of waiting with an empty stomach and a lukewarm beer in my hand, Alec set the table and feed us. I wanted to help myself to a good plate of rice with garlic and butter sauce, when Alec snatched my plated away and did it himself.

"Is that enough or would you like more rice?" he asked in his sweat voice that made the angels jealous.

"No, that's great thank you very much" I said, feeling a bit idiotic for being so formal. Alec took Sebastian's plate and asked him the same thing.

"No, it's enough" No 'thanks' no 'good job'. He was definitely bipolar.

Finally Alec had his plate in front of him and we started eating. I think that in all my life I have never had such a meal. I was sitting in one of the most amazing flats, with The Boss of The Morgenstern mafia and his boyfriend, eating dinner at three o'clock in the morning. So proud mom.

"Are you having a meeting tomorrow?" Alec asked probably referring to today. Sebastian nodded and I felt my body tensing. It would be interesting to see with who I'll be working with in the next months or even years.

"At what time?" asked Alec. I kept silent. Sebastian swallowed the food and said: " Four in the afternoon, why?"

"Because I wanted to go buy Christmas gifts" he said and smiled sweetly. Sebastian never returned it, already more rice in his mouth.

"Gifts? For who?" he said skeptically, his blond eyebrows raised.

"For you, for my sister, for my brother, for Jace and Jordan, f-"

"Jace?" said Sebastian and this time I could empathize with the light disgust showing on his face. I didn't like the blondie either.

"Yes. He is important to me, so I'm getting him gifts"

Sebastian growled and shrugged.

"Alright. Well I want you to be there for the meeting so go early." Was the only thing he said before getting up, leaving the table and his dirty dished behind.

Alec sighed and I did too, at the same time. The blue eyed boy looked at me and we both smiled. He blushed a bit and said then:" Well, it's pretty late…or early. How about I show you were you 'll be sleeping?"

"That would be nice, thanks"

Alec nodded and collected the dirty dishes, nearly shouting 'No!' when I wanted to help him.

"I'll do it tomorrow, let's just get some sleep now."

That sounded good enough for me so I followed him through the white hallway, my shoes sinking in the fluffy carpet every step I took. The walls were, like in the living room, decorated with pictures and beautiful and expensive looking paintings. We came to a halt in front of a white door with a beautiful antique silver handle. Alec pushed the door open and the smell of vanilla hit me again. The room was very big, the ceiling very high, so far away that I thought I would be sleeping directly under the stars. One wall was painted in a light grey –silver color while the other two were just windows, presenting me New York City as it was beginning to wake up. There was a big white modern closet with milky glass doors. The closet seemed empty, but when Alec opened it I saw that there were blankets and bed linen at the very top. I looked at the king –sized bed which had loads of cushions in different shades of silver and green. The blanket was the same, silver with dark green stripes. The only lights were two small lamps on the tables at each side of the bed and the huge diamond chandelier that hung proudly from the ceiling. I heard a weird noise and turned around to see Alec on his tiptoes still in front of the tall closet, struggling to get an additional blanked down. He wasn't much shorter than me, but enough to make it impossible for him to reach the blankets. I stepped forward and stood beside him, reaching out to grab the blankets without much effort. I handed him the fluffy green blanket with a smile and he blushed crimson red. It was delicious. We were standing so close that I could smell his perfume and notice his heart race.

"Thanks" he said, quickly stepping away from me. Damn.

"Well, if there is anything else that you need or that I can help you with then just tell me." He said and smiled at me, his blush still coloring his high cheekbones.

"Well I don't have anything to sleep in for starters…all my clothes are in Brooklyn."

Alec thought about that for a moment before disappearing. Before I could even open my mouth to call him back, he reemerged, a pair of loose white pajama pants and a green shirt in his hands. Gosh, in this house everything matched.

"They are Sebastian's. Mine wouldn't fit you"

I nodded and smiled gratefully although the prospect of wearing Sebastian's clothes was not one that exited me.

"If you want to shower in the morn …later" he said "the bathroom is just around the corner. It's your own bathroom, and there are all the products already."

"Okay. Thank you Alec" I said and looked into his sapphire eyes.

"It's nothing" He said and shrugged turning around and as he was about to leave I said:"And sorry for…you know…"

Alec blushed and disappeared without another word leaving me alone to enjoy the view and the bed, though sadly alone.

I opened my eyes at nine o'clock in the morning and even though I had only slept seven hours I felt refreshed and good. The night had been…lonely. But waking up to New York was definitely a plus point. I stretched my arms and yawned. Okay, so I wasn't feeling that fresh. My bare feet touched the fluffy white carpet and I suddenly knew why someone would chose to have it in his house. It was a really nice feeling and I wasn't shivering from the cold floor like I would've done back in Washington DC. There my flat that I had shared with Jem hadn't had a fluffy carpet to warm our feet in the morning. Thinking about Jem drove a stake through my heart. Ridding myself from those disturbing thoughts I shook my head and went in the bathroom. There the walls were a white marble, just like the sink and the shower and Jacuzzi that sat in the corner like a king. I was a bit too overwhelmed with the whole luxury that I had totally forgotten to get a towel with me. Shit. I had already put my clothes on the toilet seat and was standing naked in front of the mirror. Shit. Well, I had two options, get dressed again and walk the two feet that it'd take to get back to the bedroom, or risk it. Being Magnus Bane I thought that the second option was a bit more tempting. I opened the door of the bathroom and peeked outside the dark hallway. Surely no one would be even up at this hour in the morning. Seeing the deserted corridor I stepped outside the bathroom and quickly opened my bedroom door. I let out a breath and picked up the white clean towel to put it around my waist. With my torso naked I stepped out again and came face to face with a petrified Alec. His nose was at the height of my neck and I felt his breath tickling and lingering on my exposed skin. The heat he radiated made me want to embrace him, but I stopped myself and watched Alec jump away, his face resembling an angry tomato.

"I-I-I'm so-so sorry" he choked on his own words and it was the most adorable thing I have seen in a long time. I felt his eyes traveling down the length of my body and his face getting even redder looking more and more like a volcano about to explode. Now that wouldn't match the white and green theme.

"I didn't see you an-and I ju-just wanted to-to…ask you if you wan-wanted anything to-to…eat" he said, his voice getting lower and lower till I had to lean forward a bit to hear his mumbled words.

"Ahem…yeah, I'm fine, but thanks" I said trying to reassure him. He didn't look reassured. He nodded and nearly sprinted back to the kitchen, where I supposed he had come from.

I smiled satisfied. So I wasn't the only one that got hot –

As the warm spray of ware hit me in a delicious way I decided to better let this thought go if I didn't want a little 'problem' down there. I think I stood there all day long but when I felt my fingertips wrinkling disgustingly like an old women's I got out of the huge shower and looked at the clock on the radio. 10:23.

I got out of the bathroom, the towel around my waist. In my room I had no other option that to put on my clothes from the previous night, the black jeans clinging to my calf. The only thing that I had with me was the coal black eyeliner, which I was forever grateful for. At least I had my makeup. I put on the eyeliner and used a bit of hair gel that stood unopened in the bathroom. The smell of vanilla filled my nose and first I thought it was the gel, but when I was ready and happy with my appearance I smiled at my reflection and got out of the stuffy marble room. I made my way to the kitchen and noticed the light of the day illuminating the white and silver furniture making it look like heaven on earth.

I found Alec sitting on the white leather couch, a steaming black cup of coffee, dark blue of course with silver snowflakes around the handle, in his pale and long fingered hand. His legs were folded beneath him, the flat TV showing the news of the day. The volume was so low that I could only make out some words. I was about to ask if Alec could hear that, when he said:" I'll tell him. Yeah, I'll do that. All right Izzy, bye. Love you too, bye."

He put his diamond –studded iphone down and smiled at me, like he already knew that I was standing there.

"Good morning Magnus. Did you sleep well?" His cheeks colored a bit, obviously embarrassed about our last encounter. I chuckled and nodded :" Yeah, the bed was really comfortable."

Alec smirked and then looked more closely at me, but not at my face, but at my chest.

Alec stood up, really way too fast for a normal human being, with a shocked expression. He sat the cup down on the silver table and stood before me.

"I am so sorry. I didn't give you anything to change" he crunched his teeth and bit his lip worriedly.

"It's no proble-"

I didn't get to finish the sentence because Alec had taken my hand and dragged me to yet another room. And then my yaw hit the ground. It wasn't a simple room. It was heaven. The sky had fallen down and come to lie in this pent house. And I must have been dead, although I had always thought that I would go to hell, for the company of course, not heaven. But here I was, standing in a walk-in closet. Various white open closets were lining up on the golden walls. In one of them were all kind of shoes. From 11 carat Diamond studded sneakers over dress shoes from the house of Testoni, a fine brown alligator skin, to Luis Vuitton. With my mouth open I walked to the next closed, more shoes, then to the next, blouses over blouses all of them the finest silk. I recognized all the great brands: Prada, Gucci and Boss. Pants, long, short, black, red, green, gold… I could never tire of looking at those clothes. The last closet was filled with designer suits; I remember the one that Alec had worn last night. Different ties, and in the drawers I guess was the underwear. Well, that was hot. I turned around to see Alec, a very satisfied grin lighting up his beautiful face.

"This is…" I started but was left breathless at the sight of Alec. If this was heaven, he was God, or at least an angel.

Alec chuckled and said: "Amazing, maybe?"

I could only stand there like an idiot and nod. Alec nodded as well, the grin not leaving his face.

"Well, what can I say some prejudices about gay men are probably true. We love clothes. "

I laughed and he added:"just take what you want and wear it. The clothes on the black hangers are Sebastian's, mine are on the golden ones. I'd say you better take his because I'm a bit too short for my clothes to fit you"

I smiled and turned around looking at those beautiful clothes again, not even knowing where to start.

"I'll let you alone with your clothes" he said and left me alone in heaven.

After I had spent nearly the entire morning in the closet (a mild exaggeration, really it was just one hour. No big deal…) I had come out of it (no pun intended) with dark blue skinny jeans from D&G, a white long-sleeved shirt from Ralph Lauren and a black suit jacket with white stripes on the collar designed by Giorgio Armani. I felt like a million dollars. I put on a bit more eyeliner and was ready to start the day. I walked out of the huge room, already missing all those beautiful and expensive clothes. I made my way to the living room, but I found it empty so I walked to the kitchen and saw Sebastian and Alec. Kissing. My feet stopped dead in their tracks and I felt like an old perverted man watching a young couple kiss. I coughed way too lough for it to be normal and watched as Alec tried to jump out of Sebastian's embrace, his face red. Sebastian didn't seem the least bit embarrassed a satisfied smirk on his lips.

"Morning Magnus" he said as though he wasn't holding Alec prisoner in his muscled arms. Alec gulped and winced as Sebastian squeezed him.

"Morning boss" I said and swallowed. This was awkward. I looked at Alec who was watching his feet intently like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

"Well, if you're hungry just tell us what you want" Sebastian said and let Alec go, but took his hand and whispered something in his ear. His lips brushing the boy's shell making him shiver and giggle. He took his pale hand and guided it to his lips and kissed the back of it making Alec blush even more. His eyes were full of love as he watched Sebastian talk to me.

"So, what do you want?" he said. Today he was wearing black jeans, a black shirt and a (surprise!) black leather biker jacket. Alec looked like the light in person with his pale porcelain skin, his light blue jeans and clean cream –colored long sleeved shirt.

"Just a coffee, I don't really have an appetite" I answered him and Sebastian nodded looking at Alec. Without exchanging a word, Alec got to work and asked me, his back turned on me: "With milk, sugar, cream?"

I wondered why Alec was always the one preparing any kind of drink or food but decided that it was none of my business. "All of it" I answered and Alec gave me a look saying 'really?!' It was kind of funny, really. Thinking about Alec's reaction I remembered Jem that always told me that it would drive my health away. But in the end it had all come differently.

I heard the fancy coffee machine start and turned to Sebastian as his deep voice echoes through the room.

"There have been some changes. We'll have the meeting at noon…" he checked his golden Rolex and glanced back up, "which is now."

Alec swirled around and actually looked angry. It was the first time I had seen him mad. Yesterday, I can't believe that it had just been yesterday, he had looked nervous, anxious, happy, but never mad. Now his eyes resembled a not-so-nice summer day.

"But Seb, I told you that I wanted to go shopping" he said looking Sebastian straight in the eye. The blond boss just sighed like he was used to this behavior and answered in a clam voice:" I know, darling, but Mitchell and Raphael couldn't wait anymore, so…"

Alec didn't seem satisfied with this answer. "This is bullshit. I told you w-"

"Alexander!" Sebastian said, his voice roared, and Alec fell silent.

"I told you already. These are very important matters and something as unimportant as 'Christmas shopping' does not really overshadow it! So just let me do my job!" he shouted and Alec looked at the ground, his cheeks red, but not a rosy blush.

"I just thought -" he started, his voice tiny and broken.

"See, that's the problem with you. You always think and think and think. Just stop it and leave that to me, alright?!"

Alec nodded silently, still not meeting his angry magnetic dark eyes. Sebastian walked up to him and I thought that he was going to force him to look at him again, but he just pushed Alec out of the way and got my coffee for me. He poured it into a spotless white cup and handed it to me.

"Thank you" I said and before any of us could even open our mouths, the doorbell rang. Sebastian looked at Alec, but the blue eyed beauty was still not meeting his eyes, looking outside the huge window.

"Open them, will you?"

Alec nodded and walked obediently to the beeping intercom. He pushed the silver button and a juvenile voice filled the silence. The face of a young boy appeared in the little panel beside the button. He had lots of pimples and even in the small panel you could see his not –so –handsome face.

"Hey Junior, open up!" he shouted and Alec screwed up his face.

"Hey" was the only thing he said and pushed another silver button to open them.

"Thanks" said Sebastian drily and walked past Alec who was still standing there like he was rooted to the ground. I approached him carefully, as though approaching a wild encaged animal. Before I could touch him he turned around and recoiled, a scared expression on his face.

"Don't do that. Don't touch me." He said rapidly and disappeared into the dark hallway and into the last door left. I was shocked but I didn't have time to try to process this, because a lot of voices suddenly reached my ears. I walked in the living room seeing eight men standing in the room. All of them had similar clothes on as Sebastian, just not as expensive. The only one I knew was Raphael Condori that looked just like last night. White clothes, weird smile. Hook was not one of the men even though I knew for sure he was a Capo. Sebastian though only greeted Raphael and two other guys, the rest of them he ignored, not even a nod, nothing.

"Magnus, this is Mitchell Rose, or as we call him 'Rose'" Sebastian said and I shook hands with the small and choppy man that had to be the one I was to replace. He had a little dark mustache on his upper lip and a few sweat pearls had formed around it. I took his sweaty hand and resisted the urge to wipe off my hands on my jeans. It was just way too expensive for that.

"He is the one in control of drugs right now, but as we discussed yesterday, Rose would like to retire" said Sebastian and I noticed the same thing I had noticed yesterday. All the men observing the Boss as though he were a furious animal ready cut their heads off.

"Nice meeting you, sir" I said again and Rose smiled at me.

"This is Eric Green, just call him E." said Sebastian and I shook hands with the skinny, unhealthy –looking kid that didn't look older than Alec but seemed so different at the same time.

"Hello Magnus. I am the one in charge of the gambling" he said, his voice and his demeanor reminding me of a rat.

"Nice to meet you" I responded and took my hand away as fast as possible from his bony grip. He had disheveled light brown hair and small button eyes that reminded me of an insect. He was shorter than me and Sebastian which was normal given our impressive height.

"Those are soldiers. From left to right" Sebastian said and pointed at the soldier when he said his name. "John, Francis, Chen, Cameron and Wal ". The last one looked like real Scottish soldier from Braveheart. I greeted them all with a short nod and then looked at Sebastian as he began talking again.

"Let's go sit down, shall we?"

I thought that all of them would be following us, but only the skinny kid and Rose went with us, Doctor Condori and Sebastian led the way. I walked behind them wondering where Alec was, when Raphael asked for me: "Where is our lovely Alexander today?"

"Sulking" was the only thing Sebastian said about his boyfriend.

We walked down the hallway in yet another room that looked like I expected. Huge window with a breathtaking view over NYC, a long white wooden table, silver chairs and paintings and a lovely photograph of Sebastian holding Alec in his arms. Fucking Jealousy.

"Take a seat" Sebastian sat down on the head of the table while I took a seat beside Rose. Across me were sitting Eric and Doctor Condori, both of them smiling at the photograph.

"So" started Sebastian "I would like to discuss the m-"

He was interrupted by the door opening and revealing Alec, with bloodshot and red puffy eyes. He was silent for a second before he croaked:" I'm sorry I'm late."

Sebastian just looked at him with a stiff expression on his face. Raphael stood up and wanted to take Alec's hand, but the boy recoiled like he had been burned. The disappointment on the Doctors face was clearly visible. Alec swallowed and said a tiny 'hello' to the rest of us. He didn't look at either of us in the face.

"You know what, I think I want to let the men see something." Sebastian stood up suddenly still looking at Alec, a murderous spark in his eyes. The beast was back and it had found its prey. I just didn't like that it was my Alec. Wait…when did I start to think of him as 'my' anything? Man, this was just bull.

"But boss, we just sat down and -"

"Let's go." He said and opened the door, leaving us to follow him. I turned to Alec and whispered low enough so that Rose wouldn't hear it.

"Are you alright?"

"I did what I had to do" was all he said, looking at the ground as if afraid of falling.

"What?Alec?" I said, trying to make sense of those words that he kept mumbling under his breath like a crazy person. I didn't dare to touch him again after that fiasco in the kitchen.

We stepped in the white living room. This time I saw more men, all in black or grey tones. I also recognized Jace (urgh…) and Jordan amongst the ones that had arrived.

Sebastian got their attention immediately, their bodies tensing, and their minds sharpening.

"Listen up everyone. You saw what I do to those you disrespect me. You saw what happened to Hook" his voice got me shivering all over. I saw Jace looking intently at Alec who was standing beside me, his head bowed like a dying lily on a broken stem.

"Well, it seems as though some of you" and at that he glanced at Alec and that send shivers down my spine "didn't learn the lesson yet."

The suddenly Sebastian was standing in front of Alec and punched him in the jaw. There were no screams, there were no shouts, and there was no movement except the widening of our eyes. Alec had fallen on the ground, lying there motionless, only covering his head with his arms.

Sebastian kicked him in the rips repeatedly and every time he did, he choked out a word.

"You. Are. Not. To. Disrespect. Me .You Piece. Of. Shit." Alec didn't try to fight back. Then Jace and Jordan sprinted forward and dragged Sebastian away from the pitiful creature lying on the ground in a small puddle of blood. The red looked grotesque against the white fluffy carpet and I couldn't move. Or wouldn't I because I knew what I had to lose if I were to stand up for Alec. There was just too much at stake for me, I couldn't …No, this wasn't my fight. If I had to play dirty to get where I wanted to be, I sure as hell would.

Sebastian was still shouting but I saw it all in slow-mo.

"Fucking piece of trash, I'm gonna kill you!" screamed Sebastian and four men had to hold him down at once.

The beast was out of his cage.

A/N: Hello, hello, hello! Thank you for reading this if you have (which I hope you did) and PLEASE leave a review, please! The next chapter will be up on Monday, until then, Patience !